Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-07-18
Pringle's Flat.

looked admrlngIy hr>t st her son
Dick, who was driving up 70 the door
In his new buggy, then st her daugh-
ter-in-Iaw, Mary Hope, whose honey
moon was at its full.
I'm 80 glad = said the young
wife -'What lovely weather We
have had ever since I came here.
Not st a1 ike what some of our
friends predicted when they said We
ought 20 spend our honeymoon in the
East.
Dick Hope st that moment sprang
out OF his buggy lightly, and gallant
" extended his hand TO his wife.
Nonsense - exclaimed Mary
Hope 4 am not such a helpless
creature that can't get in myself :
and she stepped lightly in the buggy
with merry laugh.
Mrs. Hope, the elder, gave an ap-
proving nod. Its just IS well 10
let Dick know you can help yourself
These Western men
Need managing ike other men,
interrupted her daughter-in-Iaw, with
smother laugh
Old Mr. Hope coming down from
the stables ST that moment, eyed the
horse, buggy and harness Dick had
expended several hundred dollars on
that turnout) then stood patting
the horses neck kindly He was an
admirer OF fine horses, and his judg-
ment was sought far and wide on al
points Of horse flesh. There's fine
mettIe here. Dick"
Il know it" said Dick, proudly
Cheap at four hundred dollars, .
said Mr.. Hope. Have you tried
her yet:7
I think she i good for twenty
one without much OF an effort
'.Why.isn't that s. fast horse, Dick 2
asked his wife. whose curiosity was
aroused
Just middling," answered her
husband. I'VE have them out here
faster than that.
1T IS fast. said his father 1--WE
used to think It impossible but We
have got 50 far on now there's no
telling what's in ; horse I ike this
mare very much II It was anybody
eIse's I'd
Come now, what would you give,
father said Dick banteTingIy.
ITS aII in the family, 50 1 am
saved s hundred dollars at least
a hundred more wouldn't buy
her. father. Just say to ANYBODY
who covets NY new Hlare | WOuldn'
take Z cent less than seven hundred
dollars. Why she goes like the wind. .
That reminds ne, Dick; you d
better take the road round by
Drake's.r
And lose E good half-hour :" said
Dick
That's 3 long way round, father.
said the elder Mrs. Hope.
You take NY advice" said her
husband 4 mean coming back 1t
doesn't matter going II It should
blow you viii ind It safest"
Dick, who was adjusting 3 strap,
looked east and west, smiled in Z sat
isfed way and observed, Il don't see
any signs Of 4 storm"
Nor I" said his father; .sbut 10
one knows anything about the wind
here III never forget the sweep ]
got 20 years ago coming over Prin-
giles Flat"
ssThat Is where We are going, isn't
It, Dick: Mrs Dick Hope looked
the least triie anxious as she turned
TO her husband.
WAS Il so bad. Mr. HOpe.
bad. Bad's no name for II. Why,
II blew nv wagon a. far as from here
90 the barn-blew the horses Of their
feet, tore up trees, and lodged me
against a rock that saved ny life
That must have been terrible, .
said Mrs. Hope
.sDon't let them frighten you,
said Dick srnfEingiy; lightning new
er strikes twice IN the same place.
I'm all right, you see The only time
was blown away was when | went
East for you Are We all ready now =
Basket IN. motherF
Mrs Hope nodded gaiIv- and away
the new buggy with is happy occu-
pants sped over the prairie.
How grand >" she said, as Dick
looked sniIingIy AZ her
The mind Of man can not meas
ure al its beauties,7 said Dick. as he
settled himself for some -ssolid en-
joyment-r
A. the red and golden gIor7es
stretched above the horizon. a light
breeze sprang mp. tanning Mary
Hopes cheek, caressing her hair
lightly and signing through the thin
selvage Of trees which Dicks father
lad planted along the roadway be-
fore his son was born The Cod Of
dav wheeled his chariot aI0ft. rzdEat-
ing a. only the summer sun can the
rzrest tInts q amber and crimson and
gold, untiI the purple glOries rolling
2Ioft Ike great bIlI0Es, gradually
zrched themselves into a seEablance
of . gateway. through which Mary
HoPe caught IN fancy. giimpses q
the celestial city She did not speak
bat al perfectly quiet. drinking IN